Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

My Nighttime Encounter with US Xenophobia

It was a little after 11 pm. I was heading home on my scooter, at peace, and nearly there, when I noted a person walking along the sidewalk.

Sitting in the doorway of a neighbor’s house, Teodosia Nilda Hernandez, 80, sells a pair of shoes to make it to the end of the month.

Cuba could at any moment turn into a ghost country, if this uncontrolled exodus of people of all ages continues.

The total area of the concessions exceeds the surface area of some departments such as Managua, Chinandega and Estelí, notes CONFIDENCIAL.

I’m used to living with the rope around my neck and a sewing needle in my fingers. Sometimes I believe I’ve stitched up a tear, but then…

Today’s featured artists are Celia Cruz, Albita, Lucrecia & Paquito D’Rivera from Cuba with “Oye como va” live in Palma de Malloca (2013).

The country already has a 94% renewable electricity mix, but plans to diversify by adding more than 100MW of solar by 2026.

Cuba has admitted for the first time that it produces cigars with prison labor, without free, decent, voluntary, & audited working conditions.

At the end of last August, the well-known Havana priest Father Lester Zayas protested a Yoruba ritual performed in front of his church.

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, October 3, 2025.